Ok so I have a couple of 9800GX2's coming in and I would like to run a tune up on them so they can run a little cooler, of the bunch that I receive I plan to volt mod the best vid card, but first things first.

I've received the first GX2 today and it looks like the memory pads are a little dried out, where can I purchase new pads? Are they specific to the card or do they have cut outs?

Ok so I have a couple of 9800GX2's coming in and I would like to run a tune up on them so they can run a little cooler, of the bunch that I receive I plan to volt mod the best vid card, but first things first.

I've received the first GX2 today and it looks like the memory pads are a little dried out, where can I purchase new pads? Are they specific to the card or do they have cut outs?

Is Shin Etsu a good solution for gpu's?

Thanks again OCN

make sure when you buy new pads they are 1.5MM thick when i had mine i got 1MM and they were too thin. also what i did was zip tie 4 92MM fan on the PCB's 2 on 1 and 2 on the other side other than that only option is water cooling. and i did run some shin etsu on mine and temps were alright about the same as arctic silver 5 (67C idle and 98C load) your best bet is the get a high CFM side panel fan and blow it right on the card and also make sure you do not ever leave the fans on auto what i did was crank them to 100% 24/7 and temps were 75C load and idle was around 45C.

as for pads these are the ones i have on my 8800gt right now and they work very well

make sure when you buy new pads they are 1.5MM thick when i had mine i got 1MM and they were too thin. also what i did was zip tie 4 92MM fan on the PCB's 2 on 1 and 2 on the other side other than that only option is water cooling. and i did run some shin etsu on mine and temps were alright about the same as arctic silver 5 (67C idle and 98C load) your best bet is the get a high CFM side panel fan and blow it right on the card and also make sure you do not ever leave the fans on auto what i did was crank them to 100% 24/7 and temps were 75C load and idle was around 45C.

as for pads these are the ones i have on my 8800gt right now and they work very well

Hey thanks for the info!

I'd would actually prefer to find a waterblock but there next to non existent. the ones I do find are about 225 USD, which is more than 3 of these cards lol

Any idea where to find one? Probably best bet is to make another Wanted thread